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The Frequent Flyer The Frequent Flyer The Monthly Newsletter of Caesar Creek Soaring Club September 2005 Caesar Creek Soaring Club (CCSC) 2005 Youth Soaring Camp By Jim Goebel and Steve McManus On the first day of my summer vacation, I got up, and then I watched TV. On the second day of my summer vacation, I got up, and then I watched TV. And so the pattern continues. For 20 Caesar Creek youth, their summer vacation was anything but routine. We spent five days focused on Soaring. When we were not flying, we passed the time in lectures, studying, test taking, taking two field trips, cleaned all the gliders, washed tow planes, and even had time for fun. When we wrapped up the camp on July 15 after completing 175 flights, 27 tests (3 FAA Knowledge), 1 solo, and 3 transitions to other aircraft. Learning takes place on so many levels by everyone who is involved from students to teachers and all volunteers. In planning our third year of camp we recognized that the span of youth ranged from new-to-soaring through licensed pilots and we had to plan activities that challenged everyone on various levels. We discovered many cross country pilots are excellent mentors to inspire advanced solo and pilots to taking the next steps in soaring cross country flight. It’s nearly impossible to reduce to writing everything that happens during that week – It was a fantastic week of learning but a poor week for cross-country soaring due to Hurricane Dennis passing through the Ohio Valley. Wake-up started at 7:00 am courtesy of Jim Goebel rounding the campsite on the John Deere tractor. We started each day with a discussion on the day’s events and ended each day with a summary and awarding 5 funky birds to individuals for accomplishments and notable actions. On days that were flyable the Gliders were prepped and flying by 9:00, we could not fly we started with lectures and training. Day One – High, thick overcast with calm winds/a perfect new student training day - a calm “sled ride” day. Academic briefings focused on crewing, preflight, and positive control checks. Linda Murray provided a lesson on “Chase Crew and Safe Trailering”. We flew 69 flights focusing on ground operations, tow, area orientation, turns, precision patterns and spot landings. Late in the day the youth’s barraged the “lone pine tree with” flour bombs” as part of a bomb drop contest. The adults led the daily debriefing; which included a summary of the days events, establishing a “Phunn meter” value (high), the daily “Funky Bird” awards (Eagle-“Ace of the Place”, Duck “nester”, Seagull – “long glides”, Pelican “low glides”, Parrot – “show”), an outlook for the next day, and any counseling/adjustments if needed. The youths played “ultimate Frisbee” on the closed runway into the dark. Day Two – Medium, layered overcast/winds increasing during the day – Due to the poor soaring conditions, we agreed to teach “navigation and unfamiliar/asphalt runway landing” practice. After a lesson we launched three instruction and a mentor flight for a short training flight to Lebanon Airport. Other students were driven over for launch and landing practice and a return flight to CCSC. The 10-15 mph crosswinds in the afternoon, IP-only flights were suitable in the rough Upcoming Events!! conditions. An excellent experience for advanced students, in all there were 32 flights for the day. Frank Paynter provided a lecture on Cross Country Soaring, followed by January 21st 2006 7 P.M. “A Fine Week of Soaring” video, and a soaring simulator demonstration. After dinner the adults conducted their last debrief/award session Annual CCSC dinner and Awards Day Three – Squalls throughout the day. – Phunn value medium. After breakfast we Banquet concentrated on academics, Jim Hurst giving a lecture on glider instrumentation, others worked on their FAA and academic testing. Cleaning the clubhouse, gliders Caesar Creek Soaring Club and tow planes followed the lecture. There was no morning flying. After an early lunch P.O. Box 918 we carpooled the youths to two tours, set up by Paul Cahill, to Wright Patterson Air Waynesville, Ohio 45068 Force Base for: Sensors Labs, and Vertical and Supersonic Wind Tunnels. (513) 932-7627 See our website at: After returning from the field trip, we found a break in the weather for some rope break http://www.soarccsc.com (Premature Termination of the Tow – PTT) training. Three runway PTTs, four low altitude (turn reversal) PTTs and a pattern tow were the best flights we could get out of this miserable day, for a total of 8 flights. The youths took responsibility for organizing and running the daily summary. They provided a unique perspective to the day and a very nice evening debriefing with the daily awards, not surprisingly, being given to the adults for their dubious daily jabbing. Day Four – “If you can’t see the trees, it’s not good enough to fly… let’s wait until this afternoon” – Phunn value medium. Due to the storms of the previous night, the campers were soaked and tired coming in for breakfast…and they were getting used to the tractor. The morning forecast was for showers all day. First, a lecture, “Preparation for Your Check ride” by Andy McClaskey, youth pilot, shared his experience providing some good tips on the check ride and oral examination. Then it was time for a break in Aviation. We canoed for 8 miles on the Little Miami River. Hey, we were going to get wet today anyway. Some campers even managed to stay upright in their kayaks/canoes for the entire trip. Later, we helped assemble a newly repaired a Blanik that hadn’t flown in 8 years. Three youths went to a computer-testing center to take FAA Knowledge Tests. We were rewarded with excellent flying conditions and allowed us to fly into the sunset, amassing 44 flights for a half day. Using the break in the weather and calm conditions, we were able to solo Diana Cahill, congratulations Diana! We also transitioned others into other equipment and test flew the newly repaired Blanik ending the eight-year hiatus. Happy, tired youths gave the late night summary and awards before breaking off for bed. Last Day – Five – Torrential rains AM, broken clouds and threatening thunderstorms PM– Phunn value high. After breakfast, New CFIG Brian Cooper and Youth Pilot Brad Town gave a lecture on “Reading Weather Reports” and “Aeronautical Decision Making”. Volunteer Bill Paar provided a detailed overview of “The Importance of Pre-flighting & Preflight Basics”. Dick Eckels, was on the field to issue Student Pilot Licenses to those in need of them. The showers passed, flight training for the day included: Weather Recognition & Avoidance, Above/Around/Below Cloud Flying, Reduced Visibility Flying, Thunderstorm Recognition/Monitoring/Avoidance, Aeronautical Decision Making (Standing Down), Short/Off-field/Over-obstacle Patterns/Approaches/Landings. Before the evening showers finally shut us down, 22 flights had been accomplished Equipment was reluctantly put away for the last time. At the evening family banquet, of pizza, ice cream and cake, and award ceremony, applause and recognition abounded. The youths (and facilitators) passed special thanks to the volunteers who: Prepared the excellent meals, were Guardians, Mentors, Instructors, Tow Pilots, Crew and Crew Chiefs, and many interested others. The “Funky Birds” were awarded to worthy individuals, and then retired to the mantle for next year. Paul McClasky issued 14 SSA A, B, & C Badges, James Paar sang “An Old Man is Soaring” song and Kat McManus read a poem “A Short List” written during camp. We had so much fun it was hard to say goodbye. Summary - Every year presents a new set of opportunities. When we started the camp three years ago on a vision and leadership of Buck Towne, we had eight (8) brave campers. This year we topped out at 20 and had to turn people away. Since CCSC held the Nationals in June we have had repeated expressed interest in youth pursuing cross-country flight and competition soaring. The basics of the camp will still apply, however to keep youths in the sport we recognize the camp needs to change, challenge and inspire them. Many of our youth members have become friends and have developed a bond that will carry them into adulthood and perhaps as the next generation of SSA pilots and perchance a US competition pilot or two. We learned that you can have fun at a soaring camp even if the weather is less than ideal and can turn it into a learning experience on weather safety. We learned that the making of great pilots start with the academics and ground training – it culminates in the sailplane. And we learned that great pilots are life long learners, who enthusiastically and tirelessly give of their time and knowledge. 2 A Short List By Kat McManus, 0n 2005 CCSC Youth Camp What a great five days I feel almost in a haze. We had our up’s and down’s, We even had some go a-rounds. The weather may have mocked us, We never made a fuss. But, still there are some people we owe a lot. So here is a short list of those in the pot. (Read as Towne comma Buck then the rest of the line) Towne, Buck made sure we never ran out of luck Towne, Gina made us wonderful food, way better than Velveeta. Goebel, Jim if you don’t work hard he’ll be sure to make you swim. Goebel, Bill took our pictures good enough to sell. Burns, Don told us how to fly until you can’t see the sun.
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